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Volcano Types

Caldera
Stratovolcano
Pyroclastic cone

Tectonic Setting

Rift zoneContinental crust (> 25 km)

Rock Types

Major
Rhyolite
Basalt / Picro-Basalt

Population

Within 5 kmWithin 10 kmWithin 30 kmWithin 100 km

565,206
565,206
1,171,948
9,794,061

Geological Summary

The 15-km-wide Corbetti caldera overlaps the NW margin of the older 30 x 40 km Awasa caldera. Urji volcano was subsequently constructed in the center of Corbetti caldera, which also contains young lava flows. Chabbi volcano, a large obsidian dome that grew on the SE caldera rim, has erupted lava flows onto the caldera floor. The age of the latest eruptive activity at Corbetti caldera is not known, although many lava flows are too young to date by the Potassium-Argon method. Fumarolic activity continues at the post-caldera cones of Urji, Chabbi, and an unnamed pyroclastic cone on the west rim.

Eruptive History

This compilation of synonyms and subsidiary features may not be comprehensive. Features are organized into four major categories: Cones, Craters, Domes, and Thermal Features. Synonyms of features appear indented below the primary name. In some cases additional feature type, elevation, or location details are provided.

Synonyms

Tchobbe | Djabi

Cones

Feature Name

Feature Type

Elevation

Latitude

Longitude

Abaro

Cone

Chebbi
Chabbi

Stratovolcano

7° 11' 0" N

38° 26' 0" E

Urji

Cone

7° 12' 0" N

38° 22' 0" E

Craters

Feature Name

Feature Type

Elevation

Latitude

Longitude

Awasa

Pleistocene caldera

1675 m

7° 5' 0" N

38° 27' 0" E

Photo Gallery

Chabbi volcano, rising to the north across Awasa lake, is a very large obsidian dome constructed on the SE rim of the 15-km-wide Corbetti caldera, which itself lies within the NW side of the larger Awasa caldera. In this photo Corbetti caldera is out of view behind its southern rim, which forms the low saddle at the left. Lava flows from Chabbi extend into Corbetti caldera. The age of the latest eruption of Corbetti volcano is not known, although fumarolic activity continues.

Photo by Giday Wolde-Gabriel (Los Alamos National Laboratory).

References

The following references have all been used during the compilation of data for this volcano, it is not a comprehensive bibliography. Discussion of another volcano or eruption (sometimes far from the one that is the subject of the manuscript) may produce a citation that is not at all apparent from the title.

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